Adrenaline!

[Riff Raff]

All of the jumps in the video are very impressive on their own merit.

The base jumper reminds me of the Twin Towers in NYC on 9/11, as I've often pondered what a qualified base jumper could do on that frightful day. Neatly tucked underneath their office desk would be a pre-packed base jumper parachute. Instead of running down the stairwells like everybody else, a base jumper would run up the stairs to the roof-top of the crippled skyscraper. If time was short or fire was eminent, then out the nearest side office window.

I've always wondered how many people who work in tall skyscrapers took base-jumping lessons after 9/11 and now have their secret parachute neatly hidden underneath their office desk within their cubicle???

[Ldub]

I've always wondered how many people who work in tall skyscrapers took base-jumping lessons after 9/11 and now have their secret parachute neatly hidden underneath their office desk within their cubicle???

Wonder no more...http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...QiYAt5JGrDK8Bg

There are at least a few others out there who think like you...

[rowhard]

Col. Kettinger was vice wing commander when I was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford in 1970. Flying F-4's, every time he took ff he would do a max climb out which the F-4 did rather nicely back then. When ask why he always did that, his answer was 'because I am a fighter pilot'

[Riff Raff]

L-DUB--- Thanx for the "link". Not bad life insurance for only $795 if a person works in a skyscraper. If I did; then I'd have one, and wouldn't hesitate to use it if the circumstances dictacted it. I'm Airborne qualified by the US Army with numerous parachute jumps, so jumping out into the open air is not new to me.

ROWHARD--- Reminds me of the famous question: "Why do dogs lick themselves???" Same analogy.